Schild

/[ʃɪlt]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,303

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Schild is aGermannoun. It means: frühzeitliche/mittelalterliche Platte zum Schutz des eigenen Körpers im Kampf (oft versehen mit dem Erkennungswappen des jeweiligen Schildträgers; hieraus ist die Bedeutung des "Schild(e)s als Info... Pronounced [ʃɪlt]. It ranks #4,303 in German word frequency. Often confused with schul and Schule.

Key facts for Schild
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchild
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃɪlt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,303
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Schild in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schild is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃɪlt]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,303 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Schild, with forms such as "cshild", "scchild", and "schhild". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "schul", "Schule", "Schuld", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Schild, spelled S-C-H-I-L-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    frühzeitliche/mittelalterliche Platte zum Schutz des eigenen Körpers im Kampf (oft versehen mit dem Erkennungswappen des jeweiligen Schildträgers; hieraus ist die Bedeutung des "Schild(e)s als Informationsträger" (siehe unten) entstanden)
  2. 2
    Schutzplatte an Geschützen
  3. 3
    Energiebarriere, häufig Bestandteil von Science-Fiction
  4. 4
    zentraler – manchmal auch einziger – Teil eines Wappens
  5. 5
    großes, tektonisch stabiles Gebiet innerhalb eines Kontinents
  6. 6
    das Sternbild Scutum in der Nähe des Himmelsäquators
  7. 7
    länglicher Schirm an manchen Kappen oder Mützen
  8. 8
    rundes, mit Hartmetallzähnen ausgerüstetes Schneidwerkzeug, das an der Tunnelbrust vorwärts geschoben wird und einen Tunnel in den Berg fräst
  9. 9
    Räumgerät eines Schneepflugs
  10. 10
    Panzerplatte an Krebsen, Insekten und Schildkröten
  11. 11
    die Schulter bei Rind und Schwein
  12. 12
    das auffällige Brustgefieder am männlichen Auerhahn und Birkhahn und die Hinterbrust der männlichen Feldhühner
  13. 13
    das verdickte Blatt des Keilers
  14. 14
    eine Schutzmaßnahme, siehe Apologetik

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshild,scchild,schhild,schidl,schildd,schilld,schlid,scihld,shcild,sschild

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Schild

Misspelling Variants of "Schild"

cshild6scchild7schhild7schidl6schildd7schilld7schlid6scihld6
Misspelling Variants of "Schild"

Frequency rank: #4,303 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schild"?
"Schild" is spelled S-C-H-I-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃɪlt].
What does "Schild" mean?
As a noun, "Schild" means: frühzeitliche/mittelalterliche Platte zum Schutz des eigenen Körpers im Kampf (oft versehen mit dem Erkennungswappen des jeweiligen Schildträgers; hieraus ist die Bedeutung des "Schild(e)s als Info...
What words are commonly confused with "Schild"?
"Schild" is commonly confused with "schul", "Schule", "Schuld". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schild"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schild" is [ʃɪlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schild" come from?
"Schild" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.